The Old Testament prophets foretold a sequence of events concerning the nation of Judah, emphasizing both impending judgment and eventual restoration. Due to persistent sins such as idolatry and bloodshed, these prophets warned of a catastrophic invasion leading to Judah’s downfall. However, they also spoke of hope: a messenger would prepare the way for a Redeemer, offering a path to salvation from the judgment. While a remnant would be preserved, many would fall by the sword, and the survivors would be subsequently scattered. During their time of scattering, the nations would turn to the God of Israel, leading to Israel’s regathering and permanent establishment. Ultimately, the same judgments that befell Israel would extend to other nations based on their treatment of Israel during their exile. This prophetic sequence underscores the themes of divine justice, mercy, and the fulfillment of covenant promises.
Here is the sequence:
- Judgment on Judah Decreed: Due to persistent sins like idolatry and bloodshed, prophets warned that Judah would face destruction by an invading nation, fulfilling the consequences outlined in the Mosaic Covenant.
- The Forerunner and Redeemer: A messenger would precede a Redeemer, offering a path to salvation and escape from impending judgment.
- Preservation of a Remnant: While the nation faced destruction, a faithful remnant would be preserved through the trials.
- Scattering of Survivors: Like the survivors of the fall of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, the survivors of Judah would be dispersed among the nations, experiencing exile and displacement.
- Other Nations Turn to God of Israel: Over the time of their exile, other nations would recognize and turn to the God of Israel, acknowledging His sovereignty.
- Regathering of Israel: God would gather the dispersed descendants of Israel back to their land, establishing them securely, never to be uprooted again.
- Judgment on Other Nations: The same judgments that befell Israel would extend to other nations as a consequence for the way the descendants of Israel were treated during their exile.
Let’s use this outline structure to analyze various prophecies. This isn’t an exhaustive list, but it will be enough to establish the pattern. Some prophesy the entire timeline while others only focus on the fall of Jerusalem or their regathering.
Passages Showing the Full Sequence – Destruction to Restoration
These passages outline the comprehensive journey of Israel, beginning with their judgment due to disobedience and culminating in their promised restoration. They depict how God’s justice brings destruction upon Israel for their sins, such as idolatry and moral corruption, but also emphasize His mercy and faithfulness in restoring His people. This sequence often includes prophetic visions of exile, repentance, and ultimate regathering to their homeland under God’s covenant blessings. Examples include Amos 9, which transitions from judgment to a future hope of rebuilding; Ezekiel 36, where the restoration includes spiritual renewal; and Isaiah 11, which vividly describes Israel’s regathering from the nations.
Amos
| Overview | Amos 9 |
| Judgment on Judah Decreed | Amos 9:8 (ESV) Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD. |
| The Redeemer | Amos 9:11 (ESV) “In that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old, |
| Preservation of a Remnant | Not Mentioned |
| Scattering of Survivors | Amos 9:9 (ESV) “For behold, I will command, and shake the house of Israel among all the nations as one shakes with a sieve, but no pebble shall fall to the earth. |
| Turning of Nations to God of Israel | Amos 9:12 (ESV) that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name,” declares the LORD who does this. |
| Regathering of Israel not to be uprooted again | Amos 9:14 (ESV) I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. [Amos 9:15 ESV] 15 I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God. |
| Judgment on Other Nations | Not Mentioned |
Micah
| Overview | Micah 3-4 |
| Judgment on Judah Decreed | [Mic 3:9-10, 12 ESV] 9 Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who detest justice and make crooked all that is straight, 10 who build Zion with blood and Jerusalem with iniquity. … 12 Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height. [Mic 5:1 ESV] 1 Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek. |
| The Redeemer | [Mic 5:2 ESV] 2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. |
| Preservation of a Remnant | [Mic 5:3 ESV] 3 Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel. |
| Scattering of Survivors | Not Mentioned |
| Turning of Nations to God of Israel | [Mic 4:2 ESV] 2 and many nations shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. [Mic 5:4 ESV] 4 And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth. |
| Regathering of Israel not to be uprooted again | [Mic 4:6-7 ESV] 6 In that day, declares the LORD, I will assemble the lame and gather those who have been driven away and those whom I have afflicted; 7 and the lame I will make the remnant, and those who were cast off, a strong nation; and the LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion from this time forth and forevermore. |
| Judgment on Other Nations | [Mic 4:13 ESV] 13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze; you shall beat in pieces many peoples; and shall devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth. [Mic 5:15 ESV] 15 And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance on the nations that did not obey. |
Joel
| Overview | Joel 2-3 |
| Judgment on Judah Decreed | Joel 2:1-2 (ESV) 1 Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming; it is near, 2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been before, nor will be again after them through the years of all generations. |
| The Redeemer | [Joel 2:32 ESV] 32 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the LORD calls. |
| Preservation of a Remnant | [Joel 2:32 ESV] 32 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the LORD calls. |
| Scattering of Survivors | [Joel 3:2 ESV] 2 I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land, |
| Turning of Nations to God of Israel | Not Mentioned |
| Regathering of Israel not to be uprooted again | Joel 2:25 (ESV) I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you. [Joel 3:20 ESV] 20 But Judah shall be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem to all generations. |
| Judgment on Other Nations | [Joel 3:2, 19 ESV] 2 I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land, … 19 “Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the people of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. |
Isaiah
| Overview | Isaiah 2 |
| Judgment on Judah Decreed | [Isa 2:6-22 ESV] 6 For you have rejected your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of things from the east and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners. 7 Their land is filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to their chariots. 8 Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made. 9 So man is humbled, and each one is brought low– do not forgive them! 10 Enter into the rock and hide in the dust from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty. 11 The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. 12 For the LORD of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up–and it shall be brought low; 13 against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up; and against all the oaks of Bashan; 14 against all the lofty mountains, and against all the uplifted hills; 15 against every high tower, and against every fortified wall; 16 against all the ships of Tarshish, and against all the beautiful craft. 17 And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled, and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. 18 And the idols shall utterly pass away. 19 And people shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth. 20 In that day mankind will cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats, 21 to enter the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliffs, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth. 22 Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he? |
| The Redeemer | |
| Preservation of a Remnant | |
| Scattering of Survivors | |
| Turning of Nations to God of Israel | [Isa 2:2-4 ESV] 2 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, 3 and many peoples shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 4 He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. |
| Regathering of Israel not to be uprooted again | |
| Judgment on Other Nations |
| Overview | Isaiah 11 |
| Judgment on Judah Decreed | Not Mentioned |
| The Redeemer | [Isa 11:1-3 ESV] 1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. 2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. |
| Preservation of a Remnant | [Isa 11:4 ESV] 4 but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. |
| Scattering of Survivors | Not Mentioned |
| Turning of Nations to God of Israel | [Isa 11:10, 13 ESV] 10 In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples--of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious. |
| Regathering of Israel not to be uprooted again | [Isa 11:12 ESV] 12 He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. |
| Judgment on Other Nations | [Isa 11:15-16 ESV] 15 And the LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt, and will wave his hand over the River with his scorching breath, and strike it into seven channels, and he will lead people across in sandals. 16 And there will be a highway from Assyria for the remnant that remains of his people, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt. |
| Overview | Isaiah 59 -60 |
| Judgment on Judah Decreed | Amos 9:8 (ESV) Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, [Isa 59:18 ESV] 18 According to their deeds, so will he repay, wrath to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies; to the coastlands he will render repayment. |
| The Redeemer | [Isa 59:20 ESV] 20 “And a Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD. |
| Preservation of a Remnant | [Isa 59:20 ESV] 20 “And a Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD. |
| Scattering of Survivors | [Isa 60:3 ESV] 3 And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. |
| Turning of Nations to God of Israel | [Isa 60:4 ESV] 4 Lift up your eyes all around, and see; they all gather together, they come to you; your sons shall come from afar, and your daughters shall be carried on the hip. [Isa 60:10, 21 ESV] 10 Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you. … 21 Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified. |
| Regathering of Israel not to be uprooted again | Not mentioned |
| Judgment on Other Nations | [Isa 60:12 ESV] 12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish;those nations shall be utterly laid waste. … |
| Overview | Isaiah 61 |
| Judgment on Judah Decreed | [Isa 61:1-2 ESV] 1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; |
| The Redeemer | [Isa 61:1-2 ESV] 1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; [Isa 61:10 ESV] 10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. |
| Preservation of a Remnant | Not mentioned |
| Scattering of Survivors | Not mentioned |
| Turning of Nations to God of Israel | Not mentioned |
| Regathering of Israel not to be uprooted again | [Isa 61:4-10 ESV] 4 They shall build up the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations. 5 Strangers shall stand and tend your flocks; foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers; 6 but you shall be called the priests of the LORD; they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God; you shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory you shall boast. 7 Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion; instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot; therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion; they shall have everlasting joy. 8 For I the LORD love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. 9 Their offspring shall be known among the nations, and their descendants in the midst of the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are an offspring the LORD has blessed. 10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. |
| Judgment on Other Nations | Not mentioned |
Zechariah
| Overview | Zechariah 14 |
| Judgment on Judah Decreed | [Zec 14:1-2 ESV] 1 Behold, a day is coming for the LORD, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. 2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. |
| The Redeemer | [Zec 14:4 ESV] 4 On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward. |
| Preservation of a Remnant | [Zec 14:5 ESV] 5 And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him. |
| Scattering of Survivors | Not Mentioned |
| Turning of Nations to God of Israel | [Zec 14:9 ESV] 9 And the LORD will be king over all the earth. On that day the LORD will be one and his name one. |
| Regathering of Israel not to be uprooted again | [Zec 14:10-11 ESV] 10 The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem shall remain aloft on its site from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses. 11 And it shall be inhabited, for there shall never again be a decree of utter destruction. Jerusalem shall dwell in security. |
| Judgment on Other Nations | [Zec 14:16-19 ESV] 16 Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Booths. 17 And if any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, there will be no rain on them...19 This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths. |
Zephaniah
| Overview | Zephaniah 3 |
| Judgment on Judah Decreed | [Zep 3:1-3 ESV] 1 Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled, the oppressing city! 2 She listens to no voice; she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she does not draw near to her God. 3 Her officials within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till the morning. |
| The Forerunner and Redeemer | Not mentioned |
| Preservation of a Remnant | [Zep 3:11 ESV] 11 “On that day you shall not be put to shame because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain. |
| Scattering of Survivors | Not mentioned |
| Turning of Nations to God of Israel | [Zep 3:9 ESV] 9 “For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord. |
| Regathering of Israel not to be uprooted again | [Zep 3:20 ESV] 20 At that time I will bring you in, at the time when I gather you together; for I will make you renowned and praised among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunes before your eyes,” says the LORD. |
| Judgment on Other Nations | [Zep 3:8 ESV] 8 “Therefore wait for me,” declares the LORD, “for the day when I rise up to seize the prey. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation, all my burning anger; for in the fire of my jealousy all the earth shall be consumed. [Zep 3:19 ESV] 19 Behold, at that time I will deal with all your oppressors. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth. |
Matthew
| Overview | Matthew 23 – 25 |
| Judgment on Judah Decreed | [Mat 23:34-36 ESV] 34 Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. |
| The Redeemer | [Mat 24:31 ESV] 31 And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. |
| Preservation of a Remnant | [Mat 24:38-41 ESV] 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left. |
| Scattering of Survivors | [Mat 24:50-51 ESV] 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know 51 and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. |
| Turning of Nations to God of Israel | Not mentioned |
| Regathering of Israel not to be uprooted again | Not mentioned |
| Judgment on Other Nations | [Mat 25:31-33 ESV] 31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. [Mat 25:44-46 ESV] 44 Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ 45 Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” |
Revelation
| Overview | Revelation 18 – 20 |
| The Forerunner and Redeemer | Not mentioned |
| Preservation of a Remnant | [Rev 18:4-5 ESV] 4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues; 5 for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. |
| Judgment on Judah Decreed | [Rev 18:6, 8 ESV] 6 Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed. … 8 For this reason her plagues will come in a single day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.“ [Rev 18:24 ESV] 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth.” |
| Scattering of Survivors | |
| Turning of Nations to God of Israel | [Rev 19:15-16 ESV] 15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords. |
| Regathering of Israel not to be uprooted again | [Rev 20:9 ESV] 9 And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them, |
| Judgment on Other Nations | [Rev 20:9-10 ESV] 9 And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them, 10 and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. |
Passages Covering Only the First Century Judgment and Scattering of Israel
These passages focus specifically on the judgment that led to Israel’s scattering. They capture the fulfillment of warnings about the consequences of disobedience, culminating in the destruction of Jerusalem, the exile of the Jewish people, and their dispersion among the nations. Passages like Deuteronomy 28:64 highlight the scattering as a direct result of covenant violations, while Jeremiah 29:18 describes the horrors of sword, famine, and pestilence as judgment. These verses emphasize God’s righteousness in dealing with Israel’s unfaithfulness, leaving a somber picture of a nation in exile.
Malachi
| Overview | Malachi 3-4 |
| The Forerunner and Redeemer | Malachi 3:1 (ESV) “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts.” |
| Judgment on Judah Decreed | [Mal 3:5 ESV] 5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts. |
| Preservation of a Remnant | [Mal 3:16-18 ESV] 16 Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his name. 17 “They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him. [Mal 4:1-3 ESV] 1 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the LORD of hosts. |
| Scattering of Survivors | Not mentioned |
| Judgment on Judah Decreed | Mal 4:6 (ESV) 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.“ |
Daniel
| Overview | Daniel 2 |
| Turning of Nations to God of Israel | [Dan 2:31-35 ESV] 31 “You saw, O king, and behold, a great image. This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness, stood before you, and its appearance was frightening. 32 The head of this image was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its middle and thighs of bronze, 33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. 34 As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. [Dan 2:40, 44-45 ESV] 40 And there shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron breaks to pieces and shatters all things. And like iron that crushes, it shall break and crush all these. … 44 And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever, 45 just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A great God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.” |
| Overview | Daniel 7 |
| Judgment on Judah Decreed | [Dan 7:17, 23-25 ESV] 17 ‘These four great beasts are four kings who shall arise out of the earth. … 23 “Thus he said: ‘As for the fourth beast, there shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be different from all the kingdoms, and it shall devour the whole earth, and trample it down, and break it to pieces. 24 As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings shall arise, and another shall arise after them; he shall be different from the former ones, and shall put down three kings. 25 He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time. |
| Turning of Nations to God of Israel | [Dan 7:26-27 ESV] 26 But the court shall sit in judgment, and his dominion shall be taken away, to be consumed and destroyed to the end. 27 And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; his kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.’ |
| Overview | Daniel 9 |
| Judgment on Judah Decreed | [Dan 9:24 ESV] 24 “Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place. [Dan 9:26-27 ESV] 26 And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed. |
| The Forerunner and Redeemer | [Dan 9:24 ESV] 24 “Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place. [Dan 9:25 ESV] 25 Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time. |
| Preservation of a Remnant | [Dan 9:27 ESV] 27 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.” |
Isaiah
| Overview | Isaiah 53 |
| Judgment on Judah Decreed | [Isa 53:8 NASB20] 8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off from the land of the living For the wrongdoing of my people, to whom the blow [was due] |
| The Redeemer | [Isa 53:1-2 ESV] 1 Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. [Isa 53:3 ESV] 3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. |
| Preservation of a Remnant | [Isa 53:5-6 ESV] 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned–every one–to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. [Isa 53:11-12 ESV] 11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors. |
| Scattering of Survivors | Not mentioned |
Zechariah
| Overview | Zechariah 13 |
| The Redeemer | [Zec 13:7 ESV] 7 “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,” declares the LORD of hosts. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones. |
| Judgment on Judah Decreed | [Zec 13:7 ESV] 7 “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,” declares the LORD of hosts. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones. [Zec 13:8 ESV] 8 In the whole land, declares the LORD, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive. |
| Preservation of a Remnant | [Zec 13:8 ESV] 8 In the whole land, declares the LORD, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive. |
| Scattering of Survivors | [Zec 13:9 ESV] 9 And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.'” |
Passages Covering Only the Regathering of Israel and the Judgment of the Nations
This category highlights the hopeful promise of Israel’s regathering and the corresponding judgment on the nations. These passages focus on God’s covenant faithfulness in bringing His people back to their land after their scattering, accompanied by His judgment of the nations that opposed or oppressed Israel. Isaiah 11:11-12 portrays a beautiful image of Israel’s return from the farthest corners of the earth, while Ezekiel 36:24-28 ties this physical regathering to spiritual renewal, where Israel receives a new heart and spirit. These passages underscore God’s ultimate plan to establish Israel securely and to demonstrate His sovereignty over all nations.
Isaiah
| Overview | Isaiah 62 |
| The Land Has Been Desolate | Not mentioned |
| Looking Back To The First Century Judgment on Judah | [Isa 62:4,8 ESV] 4 You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, 8 The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: “I will not again give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners shall not drink your wine for which you have labored; |
| Looking Back To The First Century Scattering | Not mentioned |
| Regathering of Israel not to be uprooted again | [Isa 62:1-12 ESV] 1 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch. 2 The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give. 3 You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. 4 You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married. 5 For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you. 6 On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have set watchmen; all the day and all the night they shall never be silent. You who put the LORD in remembrance, take no rest, 7 and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth. 8 The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: “I will not again give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners shall not drink your wine for which you have labored; 9 but those who garner it shall eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.” 10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway; clear it of stones; lift up a signal over the peoples. 11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.” 12 And they shall be called The Holy People, The Redeemed of the LORD; and you shall be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken. |
| Turning of Nations to God of Israel | [Isa 62:2,10 ESV] 2 The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, 10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway; clear it of stones; lift up a signal over the peoples. |
| Judgment on Other Nations | [Isa 62:11 ESV] 11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.” |
| Overview | Isaiah 63 |
| The Land Has Been Desolate | Not mentioned |
| Looking Back To The First Century Judgment on Judah | Not mentioned |
| Looking Back To The First Century Scattering | Not mentioned |
| Regathering of Israel not to be uprooted again | Not mentioned |
| Turning of Nations to God of Israel | [Isa 63:1-6 ESV] 1 Who is this who comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he who is splendid in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.” 2 Why is your apparel red, and your garments like his who treads in the winepress? 3 “I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with me; I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath; their lifeblood spattered on my garments, and stained all my apparel. 4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and my year of redemption had come. 5 I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold; so my own arm brought me salvation, and my wrath upheld me. 6 I trampled down the peoples in my anger; I made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.” |
| Judgment on Other Nations | Not mentioned |
Ezekiel
| Overview | Ezekiel 36 |
| The Land Has Been Desolate | [Eze 36:2-4 ESV] 2 Thus says the Lord GOD: Because the enemy said of you, ‘Aha!’ and, ‘The ancient heights have become our possession,’ 3 therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Precisely because they made you desolate and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you became the talk and evil gossip of the people, 4 therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become a prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around, |
| Looking Back To The First Century Judgment on Judah | [Eze 36:17-19 ESV] 17 “Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds. Their ways before me were like the uncleanness of a woman in her menstrual impurity. 18 So I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood that they had shed in the land, for the idols with which they had defiled it. 19 I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them. |
| Looking Back To The Scattering of Judah | [Eze 36:19 ESV] 19 I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them. |
| Judgment on the Nations Decreed | [Eze 36:5-7 ESV] 5 therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Surely I have spoken in my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave my land to themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, that they might make its pasturelands a prey. 6 Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I have spoken in my jealous wrath, because you have suffered the reproach of the nations. 7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I swear that the nations that are all around you shall themselves suffer reproach. |
| Regathering of Israel not to be uprooted again | [Eze 36:8-10, 15 ESV] 8 “But you, O mountains of Israel, shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel, for they will soon come home. 9 For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown. 10 And I will multiply people on you, the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt. … 15 And I will not let you hear anymore the reproach of the nations, and you shall no longer bear the disgrace of the peoples and no longer cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord GOD.” [Eze 36:17, 25-30, 35 ESV] 17 “Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds. Their ways before me were like the uncleanness of a woman in her menstrual impurity. … 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. 28 You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God. 29 And I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you. 30 I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations. 35 And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ |
| Turning of Nations to God of Israel | [Eze 36:36 ESV] 36 Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the LORD; I have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it. |
| Judgment on Other Nations | [Eze 36:36 ESV] 7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I swear that the nations that are all around you shall themselves suffer reproach. [Eze 36:36 ESV] 36 Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the LORD; I have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it. |
| Overview | Ezekiel 37 |
| Looking Back To The Scattering of Judah | [Eze 37:9, 11, 14 ESV] 9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” … 11 Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are indeed cut off.’ … |
| Regathering of Israel not to be uprooted again | [Eze 37:14, 21-22, 25 ESV] 14 And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.” 21 then say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and bring them to their own land. 22 And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. And one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms. … 25 They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children’s children shall dwell there forever, and David my servant shall be their prince forever. |
| The Whole of Israel to Enter the New Covenant | [Eze 37:26-27 ESV] 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27 My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. [Eze 37:28 ESV] 28 Then the nations will know that I am the LORD who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.“ |
| Turning of Nations to God of Israel | [Eze 37:28 ESV] 28 Then the nations will know that I am the LORD who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.” |
| Overview | Ezekiel 38-39 |
| The Land Has Been Desolate | [Eze 38:2, 8 ESV] 2 “Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him … 8 After many days you will be mustered. In the latter years you will go against the land that is restored from war, the land whose people were gathered from many peoples upon the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the peoples and now dwell securely, all of them. |
| Looking Back To The Scattering of Judah | [Eze 38:2, 8 ESV] 2 “Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him … 8 After many days you will be mustered. In the latter years you will go against the land that is restored from war, the land whose people were gathered from many peoples upon the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the peoples and now dwell securely, all of them. [Eze 39:28-29 ESV] 28 Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations and then assembled them into their own land. I will leave none of them remaining among the nations anymore. 29 And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.” [Eze 39:23-24 ESV] 23 And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity, because they dealt so treacherously with me that I hid my face from them and gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they all fell by the sword. 24 I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their transgressions, and hid my face from them. |
| Looking Back To The First Century Judgment on Judah | [Eze 39:23-24 ESV] 23 And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity, because they dealt so treacherously with me that I hid my face from them and gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they all fell by the sword. 24 I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their transgressions, and hid my face from them. |
| Turning of Nations to God of Israel | [Eze 38:15-16 ESV] 15 You will come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army. 16 You will come up against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land. In the latter days I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. [Eze 39:7 ESV] 7 “And my holy name I will make known in the midst of my people Israel, and I will not let my holy name be profaned anymore. And the nations shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. [Eze 39:21 ESV] 21 “And I will set my glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them. |
| Judgment on Other Nations | [Eze 38:18-19, 21, 23 ESV] 18 But on that day, the day that Gog shall come against the land of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, my wrath will be roused in my anger. 19 For in my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare, On that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. … 21 I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Lord GOD. Every man’s sword will be against his brother. … 23 So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD. [Eze 39:21 ESV] 21 “And I will set my glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them. |
| Regathering of Israel not to be uprooted again | [Eze 39:28-29 ESV] 28 Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations and then assembled them into their own land. I will leave none of them remaining among the nations anymore. 29 And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.” |
| The Whole of Israel to Enter the New Covenant | [Eze 39:22 ESV] 22 The house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God, from that day forward. [Eze 39:28-29 ESV] 28 Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations and then assembled them into their own land. I will leave none of them remaining among the nations anymore. 29 And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.” |
Jeremiah
| Overview | Jeremiah 23 |
| Looking Back To The Scattering of Judah | [Jer 23:1-2 ESV] 1 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” declares the LORD. 2 Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: “You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the LORD. |
| Regathering of Israel not to be uprooted again | [Jer 23:3-4 ESV] 3 Then I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. 4 I will set shepherds over them who will care for them, and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, declares the LORD. [Jer 23:5-6 ESV] 5 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The LORD is our righteousness.’ |
| The Redeemer | [Jer 23:5-6 ESV] 5 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The LORD is our righteousness.’ |
| Overview | Jeremiah 30-31 |
| Regathering of Israel not to be uprooted again | [Jer 30:3, 8 ESV] 3 For behold, days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore the fortunes of my people, Israel and Judah, says the LORD, and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall take possession of it.” … 8 “And it shall come to pass in that day, declares the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and I will burst your bonds, and foreigners shall no more make a servant of him. [Jer 30:10 ESV] 10 “Then fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the LORD, nor be dismayed, O Israel; for behold, I will save you from far away, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease, and none shall make him afraid. [Jer 30:17-18 ESV] 17 For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the LORD, because they have called you an outcast: ‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’ 18 “Thus says the LORD: Behold, I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob and have compassion on his dwellings; the city shall be rebuilt on its mound, and the palace shall stand where it used to be. [Jer 31:8, 10 ESV] 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together; a great company, they shall return here. 10 “Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands far away; say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.‘ [Jer 31:15-16 ESV] 15 Thus says the LORD: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.” 16 Thus says the LORD: “Keep your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears, for there is a reward for your work, declares the LORD, and they shall come back from the land of the enemy. [Jer 31:28 ESV] 28 And it shall come to pass that as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, declares the LORD. [Jer 31:38, 40 ESV] 38 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when the city shall be rebuilt for the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. … 40 The whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be sacred to the LORD. It shall not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever.” |
| The Redeemer | [Jer 30:9 ESV] 9 But they shall serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them. [Jer 31:11 ESV] 11 For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him. |
| Judgment on Other Nations | [Jer 30:11 ESV] 11 For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD; I will make a full end of all the nations among whom I scattered you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished. [Jer 30:16 ESV] 16 Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured, and all your foes, every one of them, shall go into captivity; those who plunder you shall be plundered, and all who prey on you I will make a prey. [Jer 30:20 ESV] 20 Their children shall be as they were of old, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all who oppress them. |
| Looking Back To The First Century Judgment on Judah | [Jer 30:14 ESV] 14 All your lovers have forgotten you; they care nothing for you; for I have dealt you the blow of an enemy, the punishment of a merciless foe, because your guilt is great, because your sins are flagrant. [Jer 31:15-16 ESV] 15 Thus says the LORD: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.” 16 Thus says the LORD: “Keep your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears, for there is a reward for your work, declares the LORD, and they shall come back from the land of the enemy. [Jer 31:28, 40 ESV] 28 And it shall come to pass that as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, declares the LORD. … |
| Looking Back To The Scattering of Judah | [Jer 31:2 ESV] 2 Thus says the LORD: “The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest, [Jer 31:10 ESV] 10 “Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands far away; say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.’ |
| The Whole of Israel to Enter the New Covenant | [Jer 30:22 ESV] 22 And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.” [Jer 31:1 ESV] 1 “At that time, declares the LORD, I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people.” [Jer 31:31, 33-34 ESV] 31 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, … 33 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” |
| Overview | Jeremiah 33 |
| The Redeemer | [Jer 33:14-15 ESV] 14 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. [Jer 33:16 ESV] 16 In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: ‘The LORD is our righteousness.’ [Jer 33:17-18 ESV] 17 “For thus says the LORD: David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, 18 and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man in my presence to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to make sacrifices forever.” |
| Preservation of a Remnant | [Jer 33:24-26 ESV] 24 “Have you not observed that these people are saying, ‘The LORD has rejected the two clans that he chose’? Thus they have despised my people so that they are no longer a nation in their sight. 25 Thus says the LORD: If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed order of heaven and earth, 26 then I will reject the offspring of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his offspring to rule over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them.” |